Virtual environment education reduces anxiety prior to radiation therapy
PHILADELPHIA -- Radiation therapists and physicians know that education can reduce anxiety before radiation treatment but lack a standardized tool....
Mass. General team identifies mechanisms behind resistance to FGFR inhibitor drug
Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified the first genetic mechanisms conferring acquired resistance to a...
New study shows circular RNA can encode for proteins
Credit: Image courtesy Sebastian Kadener A group of scientists in Israel and Germany, led by Prof. Sebastian Kadener from the...
Stress may protect — at least in bacteria
Credit: IST Austria Antibiotics harm bacteria and stress them. Trimethoprim (TMP), an antibiotic, inhibits the growth of the bacterium Escherichia...
Cracking the code of Huntington’s disease
Credit: Anass Chiki/EPFL Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes patients to lose their ability to move, speak, and...
Astronomers find unexpected, dust-obscured star formation in distant galaxy
Credit: Original image by NASA, European Space Agency and the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields team. Color composite from Wikimedia...
MSU lands NIH grant to study connection between fish genes and human medicine
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University has landed a $727,000 grant from the National Institutes...
Strong interaction between herbivores and plants
Credit: commonfree In the past decades, we have seen a dramatic decline in biodiversity around the world. Every day, species...
Climate change and an ‘overlooked’ nutrient: Silica
Among ecologists, carbon gets all the glory. Scientists examine its critical role in plant growth and decay, they chart its...
SPICY: Discovery of new ginger species spices up African wildlife surveys
Credit: A.J. Plumptre/WCS Yet another endemic species for the DRC's Kabobo Massif has been discovered, bringing the number of unique...
Major breakthrough in the manufacture of red blood cells
Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells. The team, from...
New understanding of chronic lung inflammatory diseases unfolding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2017--Researchers studying chronic inflammation that can lead to the...
Are arm measurements better than BMI to assess nutrition status in child cancer survivors?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 23, 2017--Arm anthropometry is a simple method to determine if...
Olfactory receptors: New molecular targets detected in colorectal cancer cells
Credit: RUB, Marquard Growth of colorectal cancer cells can be inhibited with the odorant troenan. This is reported by the...
Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new adsorbent material made from fruit peels
Credit: UGRdivulga Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), and from the Center for Electrochemical Research and Technological Development (Centro...
Three ERC Advanced Grants to Stockholm University
Frank Wilczek, professor at the Department of Physics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Johan Rockström, Professor of Environmental...
Researchers focus on cell membranes to develop Alzheimer’s treatments
ANN ARBOR--Thin parts of the cell membranes of neurons turn out to be particularly vulnerable to a protein that collects...
Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Credit: Aalto University Platinum is a very expensive metal and it is therefore one of the bottlenecks hindering the growth...
Argon is not the ‘dope’ for metallic hydrogen
Credit: Image courtesy of Cheng Ji. Washington, DC--Hydrogen is both the simplest and the most-abundant element in the universe, so...
Connected dolls and tell-tale teddy bears: Why we need to manage the Internet of Toys
Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new report by the European Commission's...
